Steven Platnick: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Steven Platnick's h-index is 55 (79 i10-index, 14,024+ total citations across 81+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of June 2026. Steven Platnick is affiliated with NASA.
Steven Platnick is a researcher affiliated with NASA, specializing in clouds and radiation, remote sensing, atmospheric science. Their work has been cited 14,024 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in Germany.
Steven Platnick's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 81 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 55
- i10-Index
- 79
- Total Citations
- 14,024
- Citing Countries
- 3
As of June 2026.
Steven Platnick has an h-index of 55 and 14,024 total citations across 81 publications, with research cited by institutions in 3 countries.
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About Steven Platnick's research
Steven Platnick is a researcher in clouds and radiation, remote sensing and atmospheric science at NASA. Their work has been cited 14,024 times across 81 publications (h-index 55), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “The MODIS cloud products: Algorithms and examples from Terra” (2003), has accumulated 2,080 citations. Other influential works include “Cloud and aerosol properties, precipitable water, and profiles of temperature and water vapor from MODIS” (2003) with 1,172 citations and “Spatial and temporal distribution of clouds observed by MODIS onboard the Terra and Aqua satellites” (2013) with 917 citations.
Citations of Steven Platnick's research come primarily from Germany, China and Switzerland, reflecting international research impact. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.











